The Radiant Child
The point of departure for this essay is a chapter by Laura Malvano, published in English, French and Italian, about the imaginative representation of childhood and youth in Italian fascist propaganda and cultural discourse. Malvano’s article opens the way to a reading of fascist consciousness as on...
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| Τόπος έκδοσης: | URI:https://journals.openedition.org/cei, |
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| Μορφή: | Article ou chapitre numérique |
| Γλώσσα: | Anglais |
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Cahiers d’études italiennes
2014
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| Διαθέσιμο Online: | Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM |
| Περίληψη: | The point of departure for this essay is a chapter by Laura Malvano, published in English, French and Italian, about the imaginative representation of childhood and youth in Italian fascist propaganda and cultural discourse. Malvano’s article opens the way to a reading of fascist consciousness as one informed by modern Western culture’s fascination with the child and the “primitive” and offers a suggestive analysis that untangles and explicates the energies circulating in Italy’s art and publishing worlds during the 1920s and 1930s. What could be revealed about more recent developments in art and politics by turning Malvano’s strategy upon them? Mays proposes a look from her perspective at the renaissance of cultural primitivism in New York during the dawn of Reagan-era neoliberalism, especially as illustrated by the spectacular career of the “urban savage” painter Jean-Michel Basquiat. |
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